The whole point of relic weapons are to have an avenue to get highest ilvl without being a raider. When it was relevant content, the parts of the quest released in chunks to make it more palatable, but you were still trading time and your sanity for not having to do some of the hardest content in the game. If relic were less of a slog, there would be less point for people to do savage.

If you’re complaining about this now, over half a decade after it stopped being relevant, that’s on you, not the game. No one is forcing you to do this.